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TIL that actor Ross Hull (Are You Afraid Of The Dark?) has worked as a weather anchor since 2005.

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Lk8Xd TIL Wernher Von Braun wasn't just a member of the Nazi Party, he was an SS Sturmbannführer (Major). Thousands of prisoners died excavating his underground rocket factory, Kohnstein, to keep production safe from allied bombing. The US Army later kept these crimes against humanity classified.
9Y0OM TIL about a tiny strip of Belgian land inside Germany, where there once was a railroad that Belgium was awarded after WW1. Today its a cycling road. But the land still belongs to Belgium and both nations has agreed to keep it that way
x6Klb TIL that the most expensive cherries in the world were sold ¥1000 (US$9.7) per cherry. 🍒
ADYP7 TIL tomatoes weren't commonly used in Italian cuisine until the 18th century. Tomatoes originated in North America and didn't arrive in Europe until after the discovery of the New World.
M7B6m TIL Justin Bieber didn't have a Number 1 hit till 'What Do You Mean' in 2015 (half a decade after Baby and all the "Belieb" stuff, years after the controversies, and a few months after the Comedy Central Roast)